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*http://segabits.com/blog/2013/04/01/monday-memories-sega-debuts-sonic-knuckles-with-a-mtv-special-rock-the-rock/
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*Known in Japan as [[Sekai Taikai Rock the Rock]]? Set up one of those localized name tables.
*Known in Japan as [[Sekai Taikai Rock the Rock]]?
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*S&K was launched and marketed less like a game and more like a Hollywood motion picture. [[Pamela Kelly]] came up with the idea/organized [[Rock the Rock]]. Possibly more information [https://www.abc4.com/gtu/how-sonic-knuckles-came-to-be-and-the-journey-of-creating-it/ here].
*S&K was launched and marketed less like a game and more like a Hollywood motion picture. [[Pamela Kelly]] came up with the idea/organized [[Rock the Rock]].
 
*"Round one" was a one-night worldwide Sonic 3 tournament taking place in Hard Rock Cafe locations.
 
*Winners were dressed in prison attire, had a briefcase handcuffed to them, and were driven to a nearby airport to be flown to San Francisco, CA (Alcatraz). This is hilarious.
 
*Alcatraz tournament happened the next day, with participants ferried over sometime in the morning.
 
 
*MTV was seemingly only involved with the Alcatraz side of the tournament, but that needs to be verified.
 
*MTV was seemingly only involved with the Alcatraz side of the tournament, but that needs to be verified.
*Possibly more information [https://www.abc4.com/gtu/how-sonic-knuckles-came-to-be-and-the-journey-of-creating-it/ here].
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[[User:CartridgeCulture|CartridgeCulture]] ([[User talk:CartridgeCulture|talk]]) 06:15, 10 October 2022 (EDT)
*Get one of those localized names tables set up.
 
[[User:CartridgeCulture|CartridgeCulture]] ([[User talk:CartridgeCulture|talk]]) 07:02, 7 October 2022 (EDT)
 

Revision as of 06:15, 10 October 2022

To do

  • Known in Japan as Sekai Taikai Rock the Rock? Set up one of those localized name tables.
  • S&K was launched and marketed less like a game and more like a Hollywood motion picture. Pamela Kelly came up with the idea/organized Rock the Rock. Possibly more information here.
  • MTV was seemingly only involved with the Alcatraz side of the tournament, but that needs to be verified.

CartridgeCulture (talk) 06:15, 10 October 2022 (EDT)